Being a prefect

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 59293

Beth:
> Something that occurred to me as I re-read the books is that James 
> was Head Boy in his day, according to Hagrid, but he and Sirius 
were 
> also said to have been as much trouble as Gred and Forge. So how 
> does one be a prefect in charge of one's best friend, who loves to 
> cause trouble? 

Well, James _did_ save Snape's life. Harry, Hermione & Ron - despite 
of their rule-breaking, they usually do it for the purpose of rules: 
security. They've saved lives and the school... Fourth year, Harry 
breaks school rules: first to warn Cedric - possibly saving his life,
then only to meet the magical contract he had been forced into, rules 
he didn't even need to break if he HAD been prefect then.

So - he also defies Sirius' concerned and bit erratic: Stay away from 
Krum the childish way - maybe it'd been better if he'd just have told 
Sirius that he'd pick his own friends or something, but well..

And in the end Harry shows what his true nature is, in defying 
Voldemort.

-- Finwitch